Kai finally glances at me, his lips curving into the faintest smirk. “That’s it.”
I sigh, shifting slightly as pain protrudes up my leg. “Right, I forgot who you are for a second.”
Before I can question him further, he nods toward the hallway. “Come on.”
I huff, adjusting my weight. “I swear, if you kneel again—”
Kai just raises an eyebrow and points to the wheelchair next to him like it’s the most obvious solution in the world.
Oh, I didn’t even see that.
I let out a breath. “Oh. Right.”
Without waiting for a response, Kai reaches for my arm, gripping it firmly as he helps me lower into the chair. I’m barely in my seat before he’s already grabbing the handles and pushing.
Which is slightly terrifying.
I adjust slightly, shifting my leg into a more comfortable position. “This is–”
Kai doesn’t stop walking. “Would you rather crawl?”
I scowl, crossing my arms. “I wasn’t going to complain.”
He scoffs. “Really?”
I’m about to respond, but we pass a small group of girls in the hallway. College-age, maybe. Two of them nudge each other, whispering behind barely concealed smirks.
Undoubtedly checking Kai out.
And his face is pretty much fully covered.
How is that evenpossible?
One of them brushes her hair over her shoulder, casually glancing back at him even after they’ve passed. Subtle.
Kai, for his part, seems utterly unbothered. Probably used to it. He doesn’t react, doesn’t glance at them, doesn’t do anything but walk—like he barely registers the attention.
I roll my eyes as we finally reach the door to the exam room.
***
The room is cold, bright, and clean.
Kai doesn’t sit beside me. He drops into a chair in the corner instead, head leant back, expression unreadable. Just watching.
I don’t know why that makes me more nervous.
A doctor—mid-forties, slightly balding, with a serious face—steps in, flipping through his clipboard.
“Can you explain what happened?” he asks, glancing up at me.
I hesitate.
Kai doesn’t.
“She was pushed down a flight of stairs,” he says.
The doctor raises his brows, looking back at me for confirmation.
